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European Urban Charter II: the Congress calls for a new urbanity

European Urban Charter II: the Congress calls for a new urbanity
[15/07/2008]

The European Urban Charter II: Manifesto for a new urbanity, adopted by the Congress at its May 2008 plenary session, sends an ambitious and demanding message to local elected representatives, town and city dwellers and everyone who has a role to play in urban development. The manifesto highlights a number of principles for a sharing of values on which people should base their life together in our towns and cities. In its recommendation and resolution, the Congress appeals to local authorities and to governments to put the manifesto's principles into practice in their activities and policies in order to build a Europe in which sustainable cities characterised by solidarity are at the service of citizens.